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'Use of cell phones increases cancer risk'

'Use of cell phones increases cancer risk'

Monday, 18 August 2014 - 9:20am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Webdesk
  • Maitri Porecha


    Dr Dariusz Leszczynski, Adjunct Professor, Division of Biochemistry and Biotechnology at the University of Helsinki and a member of a working group of 31 scientists from 14 countries constituted by World Health Organization (WHO) that classified cellphone radiation as possibly carcinogenic, in conversation with Maitri Porecha, reveals how leading cell phone operators and manufacturers are withdrawing funding for research, leading to closing down of laboratories studying effects of radio-frequency electromagnetic fields as emitted by cellphones and cell towers. Excerpts -
    1. How was cell phone radiation categorized as group 2B carcinogen, based on increasing risk of Glioma, a malignant type of brain Cancer by International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and WHO?
    The number of mobile phone subscriptions is estimated at 5 billion globally. With rising concerns over adverse health effects, in 2010, IARC invited thirty one experts to evaluate evidence involving carcinogenicity of cell phone radiation. The experts assembled at IARC headquarters in Lyon, France, in a meeting that lasted for twelve days in 2011. Experts shared the complex task of tackling the exposure data, the studies of cancer in humans, the studies of cancer in experimental animals, and the mechanistic and other relevant data. Groups worked separately and together sifting through many hundred research studies. After intense deliberations, we agreed upon the group 2B classification.
    2. On one hand, cell tower operators and industry stake holders say that cell phone radiation does not cause cancer, on the other hand the residents or activists posit a precautionary stand point by saying that it may cause cancer. Why there is no clarity?
    The IARC-WHO classification of cell phone radiation is misrepresented by the industry. Classification of cell phone radiation as 'a possible carcinogen to humans’ means that there are enough studies indicating that it might cause cancer and that we urgently need more research to clarify this issue. The strongest evidence that it might be causing cancer comes from three epidemiological studies. In 2011, two sets of studies were available – EU's Interphone study and a series of studies from Lennart Hardell’s group in Sweden. Recently, CERENAT study from France published in 2014, similarly indicated that persons using cell phones for more than ten years and for half hour per day are at a higher risk for developing brain cancer. In fact now the evidence is sufficient to consider cell phone radiation as a probable carcinogen – Group 2A in IARC’s scale of carcinogenicity.
    3. Could you describe your work on cell phone radiation? Did you discover that it has ill effects on human health and if yes, in what way?
    Our research has shown that human cells exposed in laboratory to cell phone radiation activated series of biochemical reactions in them known as 'stress response,' which means that the living cells recognize cell phone radiation as a potentially harmful agent. Stress responses are signals that intend to protect the living cell from any potential damage. In the 2008 study conducted by us, a small area of human forearm's skin in ten volunteers was exposed to GSM signal for one hour. After that, pieces of the radiation exposed skin and unexposed skin were collected and used for 'proteomic analysis.' In it, all proteins from the skin samples were extracted and amounts of different kinds of proteins in exposed and unexposed skin samples were compared. After the analysis of nearly 580 proteins, we identified eight proteins which were statistically significantly affected. We determined that the amounts of several proteins were changing after the exposure. After acquiring this result in the pilot ten-volunteer-study, we intended to conduct a larger study with 100 volunteers from 2009 onwards. This study did not start due to lack of funding and opposition from the telecom industry stakeholders.
    4. Why did the government did not sanction funds? What happened?
    My laboratory studies on effects of cell phone radiation to human health began in 1999. My lab, which was government-run, was closed down in 2013 due to lack of funding as certain cell phone manufacturers and network operators in Finland were opposing the large scale human studies. We receive grants from government to conduct studies but in spite of making positive headway on research our funding was stopped. We were cut off from funding as the telecom industry was against it.
While majority of the funding for such research projects consists of tax payers money and industry pumps in only a part of the money, the advice of industry is highly valued during sanctioning of funds by the government.
    5. How much funding was expended during the last 15 years and how much more funding would be required to require to bring your studies to a proper conclusion?
I was working on cell phone radiation effects for the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority. My research group has expended over the 15 years period well over one million euros. Some persons in the Finnish bureaucracy decided that basic research should be done in universities and thus basic research labs in government-run institutes were closed in a bid to save money in 2013. The 2009 study was planned to last about three years and entailed enrolling 100 human volunteers. There was a very real possibility of securing such funding from the EU research program but my research group was not permitted to do it. In order to continue the abruptly stopped study on humans, we would require some quarter million euros in funding. Industry provides jobs for people and therefore research policy decisions are taken by the government are influenced by it. The industry denied funding. To conduct that kind of human volunteer study, qualified personnel, laboratory space and sufficient funding is needed, of which I have none currently.
    6. Do you believe that the standards set by the Indian Telecommunications Ministry in September 2012 at 450 milliwatts/square meter (900MHz) for Electromagnetic field (EMF) radiation which is one tenth of what is prescribed by International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) enough when the government admitted in September 2012 that 95% of the mobile tower antennae were below the revised norms of 450 milliwatts/square meter radiation? Also, when most towers are well below those permissible limits, what is the logic behind Telecom ministry's bringing down the levels from 4500 mW/sq m to 450 mW/sq m?
ICNIRP is an organization of scientists, claiming that they are independent in their scientific opinions. However, there is a major problem – ICNIRP selects members in fashion resembling “private club” practices. The current members of ICNIRP select new members. This model leads to situation where all ICNIRP members have the same opinion on the dangers of cell phone radiation. When all ICNIRP scientists have the same opinion there is no need for scientific debate – there is a prior, existing consensus. This was not the case in the WHO’s IARC evaluation, where scientists with diverse, often opposing opinions were invited.
    ICNIRP safety standards for radiation emissions from cell phones and cell towers may not be sufficient to protect people. The IARC classification of cell phone radiation as a possible carcinogen invalidates the protective claims of the current ICNIRP safety standards. In epidemiological case-control studies evaluated by IARC (Interphone and Hardell) and published after IARC evaluation (CERENAT), adult participants used regular, off-the-shelf, cell phones. These cell phones were built to fulfill ICNIRP safety standards. However, avid use of such "ICNIRP-safe phones," for period of over 10 years, led to an increased risk of brain cancer. This means that the current safety standards do not protect sufficiently users of cell phones and this also casts a doubt over the validity of safety standards set for cell towers.
    Of what I have seen from the pictures of India, as also what I have seen while visiting India, there are numerous situations where there are too many antennas located en masse, in huge clusters. Whether such clusters fulfill the current Indian safety standards should be examined. It is up to the local politicians and government to make sure that safety standards are met and to determine if present safety standards are questionable.
    7. Certain Australian schools are banning Wi-Fi, what is the rationale behind taking such steps?
There is a discussion in Australia, Canada, US, Europe about the possibility of harm caused by Wi-Fi. Some school principals are banning Wi-Fi, due to pressure from parents of the children. Grass root movements of parents concerned with Wi-Fi in schools is, in some cases, very strong. Wi-Fi radiation is similar to that emitted by cell phones and cell towers, which have been classified as a ‘possible’ carcinogen.
We can be legitimately concerned about what might happen to children, who are very young and spend seven to eight hours continuously exposed to Wi-Fi radiation. It is a responsible precautionary measure to ban Wi-Fi in schools. There are places where providing wired internet is not possible, like in railway stations or airports, but in schools wired internet is possible to install. There is no real need for Wi-Fi for schools.
In other places, where the wired internet is not feasible, is also possible to introduce precautionary measures. In airports or railway stations, there are enclosed spaces where people can gather and smoke tobacco. Others are not exposed to smoke.
A similar thing can be done for providing Wi-Fi connectivity. There could be provided enclosed areas, with walls built of materials not allowing Wi-Fi radiation to go outside, where Wi-Fi access would be provided without unnecessary exposing everyone.
    8. WHO is working on a new report summarizing the health risks of radio-frequency fields, to be published next year? What is the researchers' fraternity expecting out of the report? As also, do you think there is now evidence enough after the release of French epidemiological study in 2014 that classification of cell phone radiation should be shifted from Group 2B to Group 2A or Group 1?
    The yet to be released WHO report has been delayed for ten years. They were waiting for the results to see if the Interphone project was finalized and, later, for the IARC evaluation of carcinogenicity. The WHO report will analyze all effects of radiation possibly fertility in humans and other health issues, not only cancer.
ICNIRP scientists are involved in the WHO report and, therefore, one cannot expect that it will substantially differ from what ICNIRP is saying.
The recent French CERENAT epidemiological study provides, together with Interphone and Hardell studies, is an evidence sufficient to consider cell phone radiation as a probable carcinogen – Group 2A in IARC’s scale of carcinogenicity.
    9. Recently the industry has started a campaign stating that radiation from mobile towers and mobile phones is not hazardous. They have brought in researchers like Dr Mike Repacholi, the ex co-ordinator of the radiation and environment health unit of WHO, who has claimed there are no health hazards from mobile towers/phone radiation. Do you agree with his statements?
    The industry likes to call on scientists who will endorse their product and say that it is safe. Hence, Dr Repacholi visited India and spoke publicly about the safety of cell phones as well as cell towers. I disagree with Dr Repacholi. He says that we don't have and we will not have in the future health problems due to cell phone and cell tower radiation. In my opinion the scientific evidence is still insufficient to say that cell phone radiation is harmless. We need both better research and, for the time being, implementation of the European Union’s Precautionary Principle until there is further clarity.
    (Dr Dariusz Leszczynski also blogs at -  http://betweenrockandhardplace.wordpress.com)
    http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report-use-of-cell-phones-increases-cancer-risk-2011557
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How To Adopt a Cell Phone Wireless Safety Proclamation in Your City

How To Adopt a Cell Phone Wireless Safety Proclamation in Your City

People are raising the issue of cellphone and wireless device safety across the World.  You can, too!  It is an excellent way to raise awareness on this issue and does not involve changing laws. Please bring this issue to the attention of your local city or town leaders and welcome them to adopt a Proclamation of Cell Phone/Wireless Safety or declare a Cell Phone Awareness Month.
Here are some examples of such efforts in the United States:
  • Jackson Hole, Wyoming made a Proclamation of Cell Phone Safety  which cites concern over long term health effects as well as the increased risk the radiation poses to children.
  • Pembroke Pines, Florida passed Resolution 3362  which expressed the City’s “Urgent Concerns” about Wireless Radiation and Health, encourages citizens to read their manuals and presents information on how to reduce exposure by using a headset or speakerphone.
  • Burlingame California City Council voted to include cell phone safety guidelines in  their  Healthy Living in Burlingame initiative which include the WHO classification and precautions a consumer can take if concerned.
  • 2010, Portland Maine: Mayor Mavodenes, Jr. declared October  “Cell Phone Awareness Month”
  • San Francisco has a Cell Phone Information: page with information on how to reduce exposures.
In order for the Council to understand this issue it is important to send letters,  prepare materials and speak at your to the City Council meetings. We have several resources that will be helpful to your efforts.

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Dean of Brain Cancer Surgery Weighs In: Children Face the Highest Health Risk From Cell Phones

Dean of Brain Cancer Surgery Weighs In: Children Face the Highest Health Risk From Cell Phones

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The full article is below. Click here to read it on Medscape. 
Roxanne Nelson, Medscape Medical News, August 13, 2014
The potential harm from microwave radiation (MWR) emitted by wireless devices, particularly for children and unborn babies, is the highlight of a new review.
Although the data are conflicting, associations between MWR and cancer have been observed.
The review, by L. Lloyd Morgan, senior science fellow at Environmental Health Trust, and colleagues, was published online July 15 in the Journal of Microscopy and Ultrastructure.
The authors reviewed the current literature showing that children face a higher health risk than adults. They evaluated peer-reviewed cell phone exposure epidemiology from 2009 to 2014, along with cell phone dosimetry data, government documents, manufacturers’ manuals, and similar publications.
Children and unborn babies face the highest risk for neurologic and biologic damage that results from MWR emitted by wireless devices, according to Morgan and colleagues.
The rate of absorption is higher in children than adults because their brain tissues are more absorbent, their skulls are thinner, and their relative size is smaller. The fetus is particularly vulnerable because MWR exposure can result in degeneration of the protective myelin sheath that surrounds brain neurons, they report.
Multiple studies have shown that children absorb more MWR than adults. One found that that the brain tissue of children absorbed about 2 times more MWR than that of adults (Phys Med Biol. 2008;53:3681-3695), and other studies have reported that the bone marrow of children absorbs 10 times more MWR than that of adults.
“Belgium, France, India, and other technologically sophisticated governments are passing laws and/or issuing warnings about children’s use of wireless device,” they write.
They note that MWR exposure limits have remained unchanged for 19 years, and that smartphone manufacturers specify the minimum distance from the body that their products must be kept so that legal limits for exposure to MWR are not exceeded. For laptop computers and tablets, the minimum distance from the body is 20 cm.
The authors explain that current exposure limits were established based on the erroneous assumption that tissue damage from overheating is the only potential danger of wireless devices.
However, extensive scientific reports have documented nonthermal biologic effects from chronic (long-term) exposure. Although government warnings have been issued worldwide, most of the public is unaware of such warnings, they write.
Raising “Appropriate Concerns”
The review authors “continue to raise appropriate concerns related to the ever-increasing role of technologies that emit nonionizing radiation, including cell phones and certain toys,” said L. Dade Lunsford, MD, Lars Leksell Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, who was not involved in the study.
“They indicate that certain types of tumors, at least as reported, may have increased in incidence, including the most malignant brain tumors and perhaps hearing nerve tumors,” he told Medscape Medical News. However, he pointed out that there are issues with some of the data, and that many of the reports are anecdotal.
“Among the concerns with such public health data are the inability to determine if there is one or many environmental factors — cell phones are not the only concerns — that are related, or whether the perceived increase is simply better recognition at earlier stages based on the availability of MRI, as well as better reporting,” Dr. Lunsford explained.
“Perhaps it is enough to simply raise the alarm in the hope of liberating either government or industry-sponsored appropriately designed investigational research,” he noted.
“Regardless, it seems unlikely that the use of cell phones will diminish; cell phones have saved more lives than will ever be lost,” Dr. Lunsford said. However, “concerns related to the greatly expanded use of digital toys in childhood clearly warrant better science and, for the time being, appropriate vigilance.”
“Digital Dementia” Reported in Schoolchildren
The review points out the danger of childhood and fetal exposure to MWR, and the reasons the exposure is more pronounced in children than in adults, Morgan told Medscape Medical News.
“There are toys being sold to infants and toddlers that are dangerous,” Morgan said. “The risk from exposure to any carcinogen is higher in children, and the younger the child, the higher the risk. The risk to adults from exposure to any carcinogen, to a first approximation, does not vary with age.”
He explained that a problem known as “digital dementia” has been reported in school-aged children. The term was coined by German neuroscientist Manfred Spitzer in his 2012 book of the same name, and is used to describe how the overuse of digital technology is leading to a breakdown in cognitive abilities. It is sometimes also referred to as FOMO — fear of missing out — which is considered a form of social anxiety and is a compulsive concern about missing an opportunity for social interaction.
Take-Home Messages About Safe Use
As a take-home message for physicians and other healthcare practitioners, Morgan emphasized that wireless telecommunication devices need to be used in a safe manner. These devices are now part of everyday life, “but they can be used in a manner that is safe enough,” he said. “Cars are not safe, for example, but they are safe enough. The essential problem is the vast majority of the public has no knowledge of their hazards.”
Morgan and his colleagues have made some recommendations.
The first is that “distance is your friend.” The intensity of radiation decreases as the square of the distance from the source increases (the inverse-square law). He explained that holding a cell phone 15 cm from your ear “provides a 10,000-fold reduction in risk.”
Unless a cell phone is turned off, it is always radiating. When not in use, it should not be kept on the body. The best place for a cell phone is somewhere like a purse, bag, or backpack.
Devices should be kept away from a pregnant woman’s abdomen, and a mother should not use a cell phone while nursing, Morgan noted. “And baby monitors should not be placed in an infant’s crib.”
Children and adolescents need to know how to use these devices safely. Cell phones should not be allowed in a child’s bedroom at night, he continued. “The Pew Research Center has reported that 75% of preteens and early teens sleep all night with their cell phone under their pillow.”
Because the risk is cumulative, and more radiation is absorbed with more hours of use, children should be taught to minimize their wireless phone use, Morgan explained. Landlines, Skype, and computer phone services (when connected to the Internet with a cable) do not emit radiation and their use should be encouraged.
Finally, Wi-Fi routers in the home should be placed away from where people, particularly children, spend the most time. “Boys should not keep a cell phone in their front pants pockets,” he said. There is a potential harm to sperm, although no prepuberty studies of young boys have assessed whether early exposure to MWR has any effect on sperm after puberty, he acknowledged.
“And girls should not place their cell phone in their bras,” he added. This recommendation was based on a case study of 4 young women with a history of putting cell phones in their bras and who developed breast cancer — 2 at the age of 21 years (Case Rep Med. 2013;2013:354682).
The authors note that some studies have shown an increased risk for brain cancer with cell phone use, although some of these data have been disputed. In recent years, glioblastoma rates have increased in Denmark and the United States, and brain cancer incidence has increased in Australia, according to data drawn from cancer registries. The average time between exposure to a carcinogen and the diagnosis of a resultant solid tumor is 3 or more decades, so it will likely be several decades before tumors induced by childhood MWR exposure are diagnosed, they note.
Commenting to Medscape Medical News, Dr. Lunsford pointed out that much of the data are anecdotal and do not fit the hypothesis of a long latency interval between exposure and tumor development. For one of the 21-year-old women who developed breast cancer, cell phone exposure was only 6 years. “Unfortunately, we know neither the denominator nor the numerator of these index cases. Usage data are a closely guarded secret of phone service providers and a patient’s own recall of exposure may or may not be correct due to recall bias,” he noted.
In addition, the mechanism of oncogenesis is poorly understood and seems to conflict with the understanding that rapidly dividing cell lines, such as those in the skin, are the most susceptible to neoplastic transformation. However, there appear to be no reports of increased risk for local melanomas, basal cell cancers, or squamous cell cancers, which are the ones that would be expected to develop, Dr. Lunsford said.
Conflicting Data From Previous Studies
The potential health risks related to cell phone use, especially brain tumors, have remained a hot-button issue. Studies have been inconsistent and results have been conflicting. Currently, there is no consensus about the degree of cancer risk posed by cell phone use, if any at all.
A recent French study, for example, found that the heaviest users face a higher-than-average risk for gliomas and meningiomas (Occup Environ Med. 2014;71:514-522). There was no association between brain tumors and regular cell phone use, but the association was significant for those with heavy life-long cumulative use.
The first study to specifically assess the health impact of cell phone use on children and adolescents, conducted in Europe, found no association with risk for brain cancer, as reported by Medscape Medical News in 2011.
However, the debate was reignited the same year when the World Health Organization classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to humans (group 2B) on the basis of the increased risk for glioma that some studies have associated with the use of cell phones.
Also in 2011, a nationwide Danish extension study found no evidence of an overall increase in brain tumors or any cancers over an 18-year period. The original Danish study compared cancer risk for all 420,095 Danish cell phone subscribers with that for nonusers from 1982 to 1995, with follow-up to 1996. The update extended follow-up to 2007.
When analyzed by morphologic subtype of intracranial central nervous system tumor, there was a slight but nonsignificant increase in the incidence rate ratio for glioma in men (1.08; 95% confidence interval, 0.96 to 1.22). The ratio was highest in the shortest-term users (1 to 4 years).
However, the results of extension study were met with a fierce rebuttal from group of international experts, who joined together and posted their response on ElectromagneticHealth.org, a health education and advocacy group based in the United States.
J Microsc Ultrastruct. Published online July 15, 2014. Abstract
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HAUTES-ALPES : RASSEMBLEMENT MONDIAL DANS LES HAUTES-ALPES POUR LES PERSONNES ÉLECTROHYPERSENSIBLES


HAUTES-ALPES : RASSEMBLEMENT MONDIAL DANS LES HAUTES-ALPES POUR LES PERSONNES ÉLECTROHYPERSENSIBLES

Publié par Matthieu CARTIER le mer, 20/08/2014 - 07:30
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Hautes-Alpes: C'est un rendez-vous de classe mondiale qui se tient du 25 août au 1er septembre prochain. Le rassemblement internationale de l'association une terre pour les électrohypersensibles. Il se déroulera dans les gorges du Riou-Froid. Selon Le Monde, cet endroit « témoigne de la détresse des personnes allergiques aux ondes électromagnétiques. La liste de leurs symptômes est longue : maux de tête, douleurs articulaires et musculaires, insomnies, acouphènes, troubles de la vision, perte de mémoire, nausées, dépression… ». Les Hautes-Alpes ne sont pas choisies au hasard. A Saint Julien en Beauchêne, le domaine de la Chartreuse est en effet considérée comme une zone blanche...Deux femmes se sont réfugiées dès 2011 dans cette grotte haut-alpine...Ecoutez Laure Virgy, qui est membre de l'association une terre pour les EHS :


Deux femmes se sont réfugiées dès 2011 dans cette grotte haut-alpine. Après les avoir rencontrées, Michel Rivasi, députée européenne EELV (Europe-Ecologie-Les-Verts), a décidé de tout mettre en oeuvre afin de créer une zone blanche, pour elle il y a urgence et pourtant le rapport de l'Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail ( Anses) sur les radiofréquences et leurs effets sur la santé publié en octobre 2013, a reporté d'un an le problème des personnes EHS. Ces 2 femmes se sont réfugiées pour l'hiver ailleurs dans les Hautes-Alpes. La fille d'une d'entre-elles est venue se rendre sur le site pour témoigner et donner aussi de leurs nouvelles.
L’Électro-Hyper-Sensibilité (ou E. H. S.) est une pathologie émergente qui se manifeste par des perturbations physiologiques provoquées par une exposition aux ondes électromagnétiques qu’émettent la Téléphonie mobile et son groupe technologique. Michèle RIVASI dénonce par ailleurs le loby de ces sociétés.
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Depuis plus de quinze ans, en effet, la population est soumise à un electrosmog qui s’intensifie de jour en jour en même temps que les technologies se font de plus en plus diverses et de plus en plus complexes. Conséquence de cette exposition particulièrement intense, les personnes les plus fragiles, nommées E. H. S., sont victimes de problèmes de santé de haute gravité qui, si l’on se réfère à l’état réel des connaissances actuelles, ne sauraient être associées, comme voudraient le faire accroire certains scientifiques proches de l’industrie, à des troubles de la personnalité, mais plus sérieusement (et plus scientifiquement) à une affection d’origine environnementale.

Bien que l’E. H. S. ne semble concerner pour le moment qu’une partie infime de la population, le nombre de malades ne peut que s’accroître. D’ailleurs, le Professeur Dominique Belpomme, docteur en médecine et président de l’ARTAC, qui a ouvert en septembre 2008 une consultation spécialisée sur le sujet à l’Hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, déclare avoir reçu cinq cents patients en un an, ce qui, compte tenu du manque général d’information des malades et des médecins, laisse supposer l’existence d’un nombre assez considérable de personnes affectées en France.

Les personnes victimes de l’E. H. S. ont généralement perdu leur travail. Privées de toute vie sociale, puisque aussi bien il leur est à peu près impossible de se rendre dans les lieux publics (mairies, postes, banques, commissariats de police ou gendarmerie, gares, restaurants et hôtels…), ces personnes ont également une vie culturelle fort restreinte étant donné que l’accès aux bibliothèques, librairies, salles de cinéma et de théâtre… leur est interdit en raison de leur maladie.

Naturellement, il est extrêmement difficile à une personne E. H. S. de faire partie d’une association.

Les personnes victimes de l’E. H. S. souffrent d’une pathologie émergente invalidante qui, d’une part, occasionne des souffrances intolérables et qui, d’autre part, affaiblit considérablement leurs systèmes physiologiques fondamentaux.

Bien que Mme Roselyne Bachelot, alors ministre de la Santé et des Sports, ait reconnu, dans deux déclarations publiques au moins, qu’une assistance était due aux victimes de cette pathologie, celle-ci ne bénéficie pas, à ce jour, d’une reconnaissance publique effective.

Par conséquent, ces malades doivent non seulement faire face à une pathologie grave, mais encore elles sont victimes de l’exclusion et de l’incompréhension qui frappent les personnes souffrant d’une maladie mal connue. Il est fort regrettable, notamment, que la plupart des médecins ne soient pas informés de l’existence de cette maladie et des conséquences, tant sanitaires que sociales, qu’elle implique chez les personnes affectées. Il en résulte trop souvent un déni médical et administratif fort préjudiciable aux malades.

http://www.dici.fr/actu/2014/08/20/hautes-alpes-rassemblement-mondial-dans-les-hautes-alpes-pour-les-personnes-electrohypersensibles-427376

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 HIGH-ALPS: GLOBAL GATHERING IN THE HIGH-ALPS FOR PEOPLE electrohypersensitive 
Posted by Matthew CARTIER Wed, 08/20/2014 - 7:30 

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Hautes-Alpes: This is a meeting of world class which runs from 25 August to 1 September. The international gathering of the association land for EHS. It will take place in the gorges of Riou-Froid. According to Le Monde, this place "reflects the plight of people who are allergic to electromagnetic waves. The list of symptoms is long: headache, joint and muscle pain, insomnia, tinnitus, blurred vision, memory loss, nausea, depression ... ". The Hautes-Alpes are not chosen at random. A Saint Julien en Beauchene, the field of Chartreuse is indeed seen as a white area ... Two women fled in 2011 in the high-alpine cave ... Listen Virgy Laure, who is a member of the association land for EHS: 

Two women fled in 2011 in the high-alpine cave. After interviewing Michel Rivasi MEP EELV (Europe-Ecologie-Les-Greens), decided to do everything possible to create a white area, for her it is urgent, and yet the report of the National Agency Food Safety for Food, environmental and Work (handles) on radio frequencies and their effects on health published in October 2013, was delayed by a year the problem of people EHS. These two women have taken refuge for the winter elsewhere in the Hautes-Alpes. The daughter of one of them came to visit the site to witness and also give their news. 

The Electro-Hyper-Sensitivity (or EHS) is an emerging disease that is manifested by physiological disturbances caused by exposure to mobile telephony emit electromagnetic waves and technology group. Michele RIVASI also denounced the loby of these companies. 

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 For over fifteen years, in fact, the population is subjected to electrosmog intensifying day by day along with technology are becoming increasingly diverse and increasingly complex. Therefore this exhibition particularly intense, the most frail, named EHS, suffer health problems high gravity, if one refers to the actual state of knowledge, can not be combined, as would the make believe some scientists around the industry, with personality disorders, but seriously (and scientifically) to a condition caused by environmental factors. 

 Although E. HS seems to involve currently a small part of the population, the number of patients can only increase. Moreover, Professor Dominique Belpomme, MD, president of the ARTAC, which opened in September 2008 a specialist consultation on the subject at the European Hospital Georges Pompidou, reports having received five hundred patients a year which, given the general lack of information for patients and physicians, suggesting the existence of a considerable number of people affected in France. 

 The victims of the E. H. S. generally lost their jobs. Banned from public life, as well as it is their almost impossible to go to public places (town halls, post offices, banks, police or gendarmerie stations, restaurants and hotels ...), they also have a life cultural much restricted as access to libraries, bookstores, movie theaters and theater ... they are prohibited because of their illness. 

 Naturally, it is extremely difficult for a person to be part of EHS association.

 The victims of the E. HS with incapacitating emerging disease that, firstly, causes intolerable suffering and, on the other hand, significantly weakens their basic physiological systems. 

 Although Roselyne Bachelot, Minister of Health and Sports, acknowledged in two public statements at least, that assistance was due to the victims of this disease, it does not enjoy, to date, of effective public recognition. 

 Therefore, these patients should not only deal with a serious illness, but they are victims of exclusion and misunderstanding against people suffering from a little-known disease. It is most unfortunate, especially that most doctors are not aware of the existence of this disease and the consequences, both medical and social, it involves in persons. The result is often a very damaging to patients medical and administrative denial. 

 http://www.dici.fr/actu/2014/08/20/hautes-alpes-rassemblement-mondial-dans-les-hautes-alpes-pour-les-personnes-electrohypersensibles-427376
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